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Brian there on WNYC Studios. So a few big local mass transit stories in the last few days.

Congestion pricing to enter Manhattan below 60th Street did not end this weekend as President Trump

and his transportation secretary had demanded that it must, a lawsuit and negotiations over the

issue are underway instead. Also knew a court filing in that lawsuit showed Mayor Adams to

apparently be taking a stronger pro-c congestion pricing position than he has before,

and Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that the federal

government is taking control away from the MTA for the redevelopment of Penn Station.

Now, Governor Hokel hailed this as good news.

She thanked the president for taking on the responsibility.

Her hope is that it'll save New York a lot of money and maybe

make the renovation go quicker. Officially Amtrak, which is federal, controls Penn Station,

though the MTA is its biggest tenant and has its biggest population of riders.

But the article on Gothamist about this by our transportation reporters, Stephen Nesson and Ramsey-Khalifay,

is headed Trump Station.

Fed's take control of Penn Station rebuild, kick MTA off the project.

And I have the same question that the headline implies.

Is the federal government taking responsibility for this at a time when it's looking to spend less

money on things because Trump is out to buy naming rights. Maybe I'm just making this up in my head,

but planting his name brand forever on millions of people's commutes, the former Penn Station,

and planting a thumb in the eye of the city that has largely rejected him in the

bargain. With us now is WNYC and Gothamist Transportation Reporter Stephen Nesson, who also co-authors

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